Under this heading, two different types of disqualification can be included:
- exclusion from the right to vote as a consequence of activities carried out under the previous regime, existing in some countries in transition, already referred to in the foregoing Voters' Qualifications
In reality, this is a variation of deprival for criminal causes, which means that in order to be admissible, it must be a consequence of a judicial declaration and not of a mere general political declaration.
- when the heads of certain state organs are excluded in order to guarantee the separation of powers
In monarchies it is very common to consider ineligible not only the king, because of his function, but also anyone else who has the remotest possibility of occupying the throne as a consequence of their position in the dynastic order. The same may apply to judges, members of the constitutional court, the ombudsman, where this office exists, the attorney general, and others. The ultimate aim is to ensure the correct and orderly functioning of the state as a whole, and avoid undue or prejudicial intervention in the electoral process by heads of state or other powerful government officials.
